HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club 



To pi'ove the sincerity of tlie claim put forlli 

 in his inaugural aJdress last Miiy, Tresident 

 Cliff S. Walker of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's 

 Club addressed a letter to every member urging 

 that he attend the October meeting. The re- 

 sponse was gratifying and a more representative 

 gathering of the lumber interests of Cincinnati 

 has Dever been together. 



Secretary Joseph Bolser, who acts as the chief 

 entertainer of the club, had provided an ex- 

 cellent dinner at 6 -.30 p. m., at the Gibson 

 House. As entertainers the Pork Chops Band 

 had been set aside, and in their place the string 

 quartet of Esberger'.s Orchestra, with Walter 

 F-sbergor at the head, furnished several classical 

 selections, as well as popular numbers, which 

 were highly enjoyed and loudly applauded. Even 

 classical music and the business spirit could not 

 overawe the spirit of mischief and some evil 

 spirit had the orchestra wind up with "Rings 

 On My Fingers," which is President Walker's 

 pet horror. 



President Walkrr (hen called for order and 

 Secretary Bolser proceeded with the reading of 

 the minutes, which were approved. The chair 

 announced the appointment of G. C. Ault to 

 fill the vacancy on the Receivers' and Shippers' 

 Association caused by the resignation of George 

 Littleford. 



The secretary presented the names of the 

 Conasauga Lumber Company and Fagin & Kirk- 

 patrick for member.ship, vmder the rules. The 

 chair ordered the ballot spread, and the tellers 

 reported the election of the applicants. 



President Walker then announced that he had 

 received an Invitation asking the club to partic- 

 ipate in a testimonial to the directors of the 

 Ohio Valley Exposition, given by the various 

 business bodies of the city, and had appointed 

 C. M. Clark to meet with the other delegates of 

 the different business organizations. 



Mr. Clark had handed in his report of the 

 meeting which these delegates held and Secre- 

 tary Bolser read it. 



At this conference a committee was appointed 

 to ascertain whether an expression of apprecia- 

 tion from the citizens of Cincinnati to the of- 

 ficers and directors of the Ohio Valley Exposi- 

 tion would be acceptable and if so, what time 

 would be preferable for the majority. At a 

 special meeting this committee later presented 

 a favorable report in the matter, and it was 

 decided that a testimonial committee be or- 

 ganized for the purpose of tendering to the of- 

 ficers and directors of the Ohio Valley Exposi- 

 tion a banquet on Saturday evening, Oct. 15. 

 Officers for this testimonial committee are 

 George Puchta, president ; W. E. Button, treas- 

 urer, and W". L, Finch, secretary. These, 

 together with W. D. Mellish, W. F. Robertson 

 and J. J. Hooper, comprise the executive board. 

 As president of the Lumbermen's Club Cliff S. 

 Walker was asked to serve on the auxiliary 

 committee. All members of the club will, of 

 course, be invited to the banquet. It was urged 

 that the lumbermen of Cincinnati give their 

 hearty support to this undertaking to make it a 

 success, as the directors of this exposition have 

 for nearly two years past given much of their 

 time and energy to the work of the exposition, 

 and during the past thirty days have devoted 

 almost their entire time to it, to the neglect of 

 their own business affairs. 



The chair declared that as the report covered 

 the entire matter it would be received and filed, 

 no further action being necessary. 



The special business of the meeting was now 

 taken up, the amendment to Section 3, Article 

 1. of the constitution, to Increase the powers 

 of the executive board. This started a most 

 animated discussion. It was as distinctly a 

 battle for progress as is the fight between the 

 "regulars' and insurgents in Congress, which 

 was finally won by the "stand-patters." Par- 

 liamentary tactics were indulged in, amendments 

 offered, and finally under the two-thirds rule 

 the amendment was lost. 



President Walker then said that the second 

 pmendment would be taken up. This is one of 

 which he is the father and takes pride in and 

 he said he hoped that it would not meet the fate 

 of the other amendment. 



Sam Richey called for the reading of the 

 amendment. Secretary Bolser read it as fol- 

 lows : 



PROPOSED AMENDJIENT TO SECTION 5. 



ARTICLE II. 



No firm, corporation or individual shall be 

 proposed for membership without the unanimous 

 consent of the five members of (he committee 

 on membership. In ca.se of the absence of any 

 of that committee the vacancy shall be filled 

 temporarily by appointment of the president. 



All elections to membership shall bo by secret 

 ballot and an affirmative vote of Ihree-fourths 

 of those present shall elect. No vote shall be 

 taken unless the application has proper evidence 

 of acceptance by tiie committee on membership. 



A motion duly seconded was made that the 

 resolution be adopted as read. Remarks being 

 called for, and silence ensuing, a smile over- 

 .spread the features of the president as the 

 amendment was unanimously indorsed. 



George Morgan moved that a committee of 

 five be appointed to make suitable arrangements 

 for entertaining the convention of the hard- 

 wood flooring manufacturers, which meets In 

 this city on Oct, 24. This met with several 

 seconds, and Mr. Eckman, as a member of the 

 organization, stated that the flooring manu- 

 facturers provided their own entertainment, but 

 that a reception committee would prove accept- 

 able. 



This was pat to a vote and adopted, and the 

 chair named George Morgan, chairman ; W. F. 

 Eckman, Chester F. Korn, B. F. Dulweber and 

 W. II. Hopkins as this committee. 



T. B. Stone moved that a committee of five 

 be appointed to devise ways and means for the 

 lormatlon of a car weighing bureau, to report 

 lit the next meeting. This was seconded. Mr. 

 Stone supported his motion by citing numerous 

 cases of errors in weights and the attendant 

 trouble and confusion. Others argued that as a 

 rule the railroads were pretty fair as regarded 

 weighing, and that they found the mistakes 

 made against the railroads most numerous, while 

 one declared that the railroads were not given 

 the ci-edit that was due them, that there was a 

 too prevailing desire to kick on the railroads, 

 and that he found them always reasonable as to 

 the weighing question. 



The question being called tor, a vote was had 

 and the motion prevailed. 



The chair then named the committee, as fol- 

 lows : T. B. Stone, chairman ; W. A. Bennett, 

 Col. S. B. Stanberry, H. A. Hollowell and 

 George Littleford. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Several invited guests from out of town were 

 present and the chair requested that each one 

 Ijresent write his name and the company he 

 represented, with this result : 



Col, S. B. Stanberry, Chicago Coal and Lum- 

 ber Company. 



C. M. Clark, Swann-Day Lumber Company. 



Harry R. Browne. Harry R. Browne. 



H. E. Millies, Clarksdale Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Clarksdale, Miss, 



S. E. Giflfen, Louisiana Red Cypress Company. 



H. A. Hollowell, H. A. Hollowell & Co. 



N. F. Williams, the Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



B. Bramlage, M. R. Short Lumber Company. 

 M. R. Short, M. R. Short Lumber Company. 



J. F. Criium, Gordo, Ala., Crimm Bros. Lumber 

 Company. 



C. Cunningham, L. W. Radina & Co. 

 Dwight Hinckley, The Dwight Hinckley Lum- 

 ber Company. 



B. F. Dulweber, John Dulweber & Co. 

 J. E. Dulweber, John Dulweber & Co. 

 R. McCracken, Kentucky Lumber Company. 

 E. J. Thoman. Bennett & Witte. 

 J, Chaff e. Southern Lumberman. 

 N. li. Ileaton, Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation, 



M. J. Byrns, Conasauga Lumber Company. 

 G. H. Cheely, Conasauga Lumber Company. 

 W. C. Thompson, Kentucky Lumber Company. 

 J. N. Powers. John Dulweber & Co. 

 John Byrns, Conasauga Lumber Company. 

 J. M. Cheelv, Kentucky Lumber Company. 

 Alex. Schmidt, Francke Lumber Company. 

 Sam Richey. Richey, Halstead & Quick. 

 W. J. Wright, M. B. Farrin Lumber Company. 



W. J. Eckman, M. B. Farrin Lumber Company. 

 J. C. Cash, Shawnee Lumber Company. 

 I'\ H. Duling, Graham Lumber Company, 



E. G. Garties, New River Lumber Company. 

 H. R. Welling, Mowbray & Robinson. 



C. O. West, Roy Lumber Company. 

 J. D. Serena, Roy Lumber Company. 

 S. Gover, Roy Lumber Company. 

 T. B. Stone, T. B. Stone Lumber Company. 

 C. J. Allen, T. B. Stone Lumber Company. 

 J. W. Darling, J. W. Darling Lumber Company. 

 J. B. (Jrant, J. W. Darling Lumber Company. 

 J. B. Trimble, Jr., Trimble Cypress Company. 

 U, L. Gilbert, J. W. Darling Lumber Company. 



F. E. Radina, L. W. Radina & Co. 

 George Littleford, George Littleford. 



J. W'att Graham, Graham Lumber Company. 



W. G. Stoutemeyer, Nicola, Stone & Myers Com- 

 pany. 



W. D. Wolfe, Nicola, Stone & Myers Company. 



J. A. McEntee, The J. A. McEntee Lumber 

 Company. 



S. H. Hull, Blackburn & Bolser. 



S. Menzies, J. Kennedy & Co., Glasgow, Scot- 

 land. 



M. Christie, J. Kennedy & Co. 



J. A. Bolser, Blackburn & Bolser. 



C. S. W'alker, Bayou Land and Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



C. F. Shiels, Chas. F. Shiels & Co. 



G. M. Morgan, manager Nicoia, Stone & 

 Myers Company. 



Wash Rees, HAnnwoon Record. 



E. D. Walker, K, & P. Lumber Company. 

 S. F. Sullivan, K. & P. Lumber Company. 

 W. H. Schleyer, K. & P. Lumber Company. 

 A. J. Helder, Jas. Buckley & Co. 



James Buckley, Brookville, Ind. 

 G, C. Ault, Ault & Jackson. 

 A. V. Jackson. Ault & Jackson. 

 W. A. Bennett. Bennett & Witte. 

 H. K. Mead, E. V. Babcock & Co. 



F. E. Lenz, Bayou Land & Lumber Company. 

 Ferd Brenner, Ferd Brenner Lumber Company. 

 Earl Hart, Leland G. Banning. 



G. W. Hand, Bayou Land & Lumber Company. 

 R. C. Witbeck, Ferd Brenner Lumber Com- 

 pany. 



A. H. Card, manager FuUerton-Powell Hard 

 wood Lumber Company, 



S. G. Boyd, C. C. Boyd & Co. 



W. H. Hopkins, New River Lumber Company. 



Report of Bureau of Corporations on the 



Lumber Industry Expected Shortly 



After the long delay it is particularly gratify- 

 ing to learn that the report of the Bureau of 

 Corporations on its investigation of the lumber 

 industry is expected to be given out before long 

 From Washington comes the news that Commis- 

 sioner of Corporations Smith, who recently 

 started on a month's vacation, stated before he 

 left that the report would be out I)efore ho 

 returned. A number of maps, charts, illustra 

 tions and figure tables have been prepared to bt 

 embodied in the report. It is not known as yet 

 whether the report will be issued in sections, as 

 was the case in the beef industry, Standard Oil, 

 waterways and other investigations made by the 

 bureau. 



The Palmer & Parker Company's Fire 



On Sept. 27 tire, which started In the mill of 

 the Palmer & Parker Company, large importer 

 and manufacturer of fancy hardwood and veneer 

 at Charlestown, Mass.. damaged the company's 

 plant seriously. The fire was confined to the 

 mill, and while this building was a total loss 

 other property, including a large stock of valu- 

 able hardwoods piled on the yards, escaped with- 

 out damage. The company's large and valuable 

 stock of veneer was also saved except the small 

 amount which had been manufactured the day 

 before the fire. So many and so widely differing 

 have been the reports of the daily press on the 

 loss resulting from this disaster that it is im- 

 possible to give an accurate estimate. However, 

 it is probable that ,$50,000 would not be ex- 

 cessive. The company was well insured. 



Officials of the concern state that the mill 

 will be rebuilt at once. The disaster will in no 

 way Interfere with the company's handling of 

 orders or with its taking ou new business, as 

 arrangements have already been made with other 

 mills to manufacture for the concern. 



Important New Memphis Concern 



Irby Bennett, formerly of Nashville, and J. W. 

 Thompson, president of the J. W. Thompson 

 Lumber Company, have recently purchased 12,300 



